USPTO Patents Application 09919024

MATHEWS, COLLINS, SHEPHERD & McKAT P.A.

ROBERT G. SHEPHERD
DIANE DUNN McKAY
BROOKS R. BRUNEAU
PHILIP B. ABRAMOWITZ*
TODD A. DEN YS
DAVID P. KR1VOSHIK
KRISTINE BUTLER-HOLSTON
PATRICK H. HIGGINS**
GREGORY" HOUGHTON

RONALD GOULD, Of Counsel

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
lOO THANET CIRCLE, SUITE 30<3
INCETON. NEW JERSEY 08540-3674.
(6Q9) 924-8555
FACSIMILE: (609) 924-3036
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e-mail: attorncys@mathewslaw.com

H. HUME MATHEWS (1911-1Q09)

Ahmitted in New York, Nevada & Florida
* * At>m itted in Pennsylvania & California

January 7, 2004

BRUCE M. COLLINS, Counsel

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Via Facsimile 703 746 3258
Confirmation by Mail
Mail Stop Petition
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Re: U.S. Patent Application No. 09/919,024

METHOD FOR STARTING UP REACTOR
Docket No. 4296-144 US

RENEWED PETITION UNDER 37 CFR 1.137(a)

RECEIVED

JAN 1 4 2004
QFFICIOFPETSTIONG

Sir:

Applicants hereby submit a Renewed Petition Under 37 CFR 1.137(a) in response to the
Communication On Petition dated December 2, 2003 , for the above-referenced patent
application.

Applicants hereby submit a Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned
Unintentionally Under 37 CFR 1.137(b), a copy of a Request for Continued Examination
originally submitted on November 10, 2003, as well as the required petition fee as set forth in
§ 1-17(1).

It is believed that all the necessary items required for a petition to revive the instant
application have now been satisfied. Should the Examiner require further documentation, the
Examiner is invited to contact the undersigned attorney at 609 924 8555.

MATHEWS, COLLINS, SHEPHERD & McKAY; RA.

Mail Stop Petitions
Commissioner for Patents
January 7, 2004
Page 2

The Commissioner is authorized to charge any deficiency or credit any overpayment to
Deposit Account No. 13-2165.

Respectfully submitted,

Reg. No. 34,586
Attorney for Applicant

RECEIVED

MATHEWS, COLLINS, SHEPHERD & McKAY, P.A.
100 Thanet Circle, Suite 306

JAN 1 4 2004

OFFICE OF PETITIONS

Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609 924 8555
Fax: 609 924 3036

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In Re Application Of: / ^
HIRAO et al. ( JAN 1 2 1

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Serial No.
09/919,024

Filing Dal&k,
July 31, 2001

J& Examiner
g£s OH, Taylor Victor

Group Art Unit
1625

Invention:

METHOD FOR STARTING UP REACTOR

RECEIVED

Petition For Revival Of An Application For Patent Abandoned
Unintentionally Under 37 CFR 1.137(b) (Large Entity)

Docket No.
4296-144 US

Attention: Office of Petitions
COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria. VA 22313-1450

JAN 1 4 2004
OFFICE OFPETITIQNS

NOTE: If information or assistance is needed in completing this form, please contact Petitions
Information at (703) 305-9282.

The above-identified application became abandoned for failure to file a timely and proper response to a notice or
action by the Patent and Trademark Office. The date of abandonment is the day after the expiration date of the
period set for reply in the Office notice or action plus any extension of time actually obtained.

APPLICANT HEREBY PETITIONS FOR REVIVAL OF THIS APPLICATION

NOTE: A grantable petition requires the following items:

(1) Petition fee;

(2) Reply and/or issue fee;

(3) Terminal disclaimer with disclaimer fee-required for all utility and plant applications
filed before June 8, 1995; and for all design applications; and

(4) Statement that the entire delay was unintentional.

1 . (2 A proposed reply to the above-identified notice or action:

□ is enclosed. Kl was filed on November 10, 2003

The proposed reply is in the form of: a Request for Continued Examination (RCE)

2. □ The issue fee:

□ is enclosed. □ was paid on

01/13/2004 EFL0RES 00000033 0W19024

01 FC:1453

1330.00 OP

3. |x) The abandoned application was a:

□ design application. 12 utility application. □ plant application.

4. □ A terminal disclaimer (and fee) disclaiming a period equivalent to the period of abandonment is enclosed.

5. IS) Since this utility/plant application was filed on or after June 8, 1995, no terminal disclaimer is required.

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P33LARGE/REV04

Petition For Revival Of An Application For Patent Abandoned
Unintentionally Under 37 CFR 1.137(b) (Large Entity)

Docket No.
4296-144 US

In Re Application Of:
HIRAO et al.

Serial No.
09/919,024

Filing Date
July 31, 2001

Examiner
OH, Taylor Victor

Group Art Unit
1625

Invention:

METHOD FOR STARTING UP REACTOR

Calculation and Payment of Fees

Enclosed are the following fees:

6. (SI Petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(m) in the amount of:

7. □ Fee for amendment in the amount of:

8. □ Fee for extension of time to respond to Office Action in the amount of:

9. □ Issue fee in the amount of:

RECEIVED

JAN 1 4 2004
OFFICE OF PETITIONS

$1,330.00

10. □ Continuing application filing fee in the amount of:

11. □ Terminal disclaimer fee in the amount of:

12. □

Total fees enclosed:

$1,330.00

The fee of $1,330 is to be paid as follows:
(El A check in the amount of the fee is enclosed.

3 The Director is hereby authorized to charge any fees which may be required, or credit any overpayment, to
Deposit Account No. 13-2165

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\ Petition For Revival Of An Application For Patent Abandoned
Unintentionally Under 37 CFR 1.137(b) (Large Entity)

Docket No.
4296-144 US

In Re Application Of:
HIRAO et al.

Serial No.
09/919,024

Filing Date
July 31, 2001

Examiner
OH, Taylor Victor

Group Art Unit
1625

Invention:

METHOD FOR STARTING UP REACTOR

Statement

The entire delay in filing the required reply from the due date for the required reply until the filing of a grantable
petition under 37 CFR 1.137(b) was unintentional.

Dated : January 7, 2004

Diane Dunn McKay, Esq.
Reg. No. 34,586

Mathews, Collins, Shepherd & McKay, P.A.
100 Thanet Circle, Suite 306
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609 924 8555
Fax: 609 924 3036

1 certify that this document and fee is being deposited
on January 7, 2004 with the U.S. Postal Service as
first class mail under 37 C.F.R. 1 .8 and is addressed to the
Mail Stop Petition, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-U5Q.

Signature of Person Muqjpg Correspondence

cc:

Diane Dunn McKay

Typed or Printed Name of Person Mailing Correspondence

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